biography
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| female
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| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Television executive, born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. After working as a teacher, she became a newspaper reporter in Arizona, then a National Broadcasting Company publicist (1954–62) before producing documentaries for public television (1962–7). She created Public Broadcasting System's Sesame Street (1968) for pre-school children. As president of the Children's Television Workshop (1970–88), then chairman, she produced other children's educational programmes including The Electric Company, 3,2,1 Contact and Square One TV. |
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